Ok, I've been burning the Black Hills for a few days now and they are fantastic. Here in Maine, the temp has been really cold over the last few nights - below 20. On nights like these, I run my Harman on stove temp high - 73/74 degrees - to push the heat to the back bedrooms. With most pellets, running in this mode, I can go through 3/4 of a bag overnight. Over the last two nights, with Black Hills, I only went through 1/3 bag of pellets overnight. They burn hot with little ash (light & fluffy). My new favorite pellet.

If I get another auger jam I will go back to the trebios and sell these things on cl or take them back. Shouldn't have that. I'll give it once as a fluke. I had zero auger jams last year with trebios and last years okies.

I had the most auger jams with Michigans. That winter was nasty. About 5 or 6. That stinks when it's 5 outside and your trying to go to work at 4:30 am.

If I get another auger jam I will go back to the trebios and sell these things on cl or take them back. Shouldn't have that. I'll give it once as a fluke. I had zero auger jams last year with trebios and last years okies.

I had the most auger jams with Michigans. That winter was nasty. About 5 or 6. That stinks when it's 5 outside and your trying to go to work at 4:30 am.

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How big are the pellets salty?

I was going to make a haul to try them Doug had emailed me a spot to buy, but maybe not now!

Wasn't an auger jam afterall. It was a hopper dam. Stove ran out of pellets this morning with plenty of pellets in the hopper or what it looked like. The top looked full when I opened the lid. I stuffed the wire up inside the auger and figured that cleared it when I got a gob of junk that fell down the shute. NOT

I'll have to take a pic of the sawdust. I'm not buyin anymore of this stuff til they get their chit together. Enough of this already. I vacuumed a bunch of the hopper out and the stove just restarted itself. In this case I felt the hopper dam and was able to bring up about 4 cups of fines.

Has anyone heard much about these? Apparently they are a new blend from Okanagan. Didn't they only have they just called Okanagan's before? Now a dealer in my area has Okanagan Platinum & Okanagan Black Hills. The dealer's website claims that the Platinum ($305/ton) are rated at 8412 BTU/lb and the Black Hills ($285/ton) are rated at 8676 BTU/lb.

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I tried a half dozen bags at the end of last season and they were great . . . but not worth the $7/bag price. I am sticking (for this year) with FSUs.

From what I hear the BHH are being discontinued. Okies will now be marketing another pine pellet called Okies gold. The pellets are made in the USA and will be bulk shipped to upton for bagging. FYI tis all.

Enviro Omega(Installed Feb of 2009) and love it! Burning what I can afford!

Hi guys,
My local supplier has been getting mostly Vermont Woods but occasionally gets a load of Okies in. I stopped by this morning and a flatbed of Okies pulled in, I was hoping they were Douglas Fir's but the front desk said their unfortunately Black Hills (which I've never used before). Considering jtakeman's comment above about the BHH pellets being discontinued I'm very curious just what these pellets actually are! The front desk person didn't know exactly what they were because they hadn't been off-loaded yet but assumed they were the BHH as they were expecting a delivery this week. They have a 10-bag max at the moment despite getting 16-tons and I'm about to leave to pick some up. I will post back tonight with the details, whatever they are I hope their decent!